16.3273, FYI: Specifications for Representing Dates and Times
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Subject: 16.3273, FYI: Specifications for Representing Dates and Times
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Date: 14-Nov-2005
From: Ron Stone < aat at aatideas.org >
Subject: ICAS Specifications for Localization of Date and Time Terms
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:54:31
From: Ron Stone < aat at aatideas.org >
Subject: ICAS Specifications for Localization of Date and Time Terms
Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT at www.aatideas.org) is
reviewing ICAS (Integrated Chronological Applications System) specifications for
the localization of terms for representing date and time information.
Those new to ICAS can find an introduction in the 12005 poster series:
(poster 1 of 3 - order and unitform)
http://www.aatideas.org/d/d5X-poster-01.pdf
(poster 2 of 3 - unitforms of the Uniform Calendar)
http://www.aatideas.org/d/d5X-poster-02.pdf
(poster 3 of 3 - metrication month 12005 X)
http://www.aatideas.org/d/d5X-poster-03.pdf
A reference draft of ICAS localEnglish is also accessible at (web index of AAT
ICAS Agave 6.31)
http://www.aatideas.org/icas/index.html
Two main linguistic issues under consideration are:
1) XML specification of ICAS codes for language coding schemes
AAT would like to reference existing schemes of language classification. The
following list might be amply extensible. Yet the particular ICAS codes and
descriptions should be regarded as subject to change following a period of review.
ICAS language code language description
"iso.ch-639-2x" ISO 639 (2 character language codes)
"iso.ch-639-3x" ISO 639 (3 character language codes)
"iso.ch-3166" ISO 3166 (2 character country codes)
"dublincore.org" dublincore language element
(ISO 639-2x, ISO 3166 optional, e.g., "en-us")
"unicode.org-language" unicode language name
"unicode.org-win-name" unicode Windows Name
"unicode.org-win-code" unicode Windows Code
"unicode.org-mac-name" unicode Mac Name
"unicode.org-mac-code" unicode Mac Code
"loc.gov-marc" loc.gov MARC
"linguist.org" linguist language resources element
As a controlled technical vocabulary, it might be useful to classify ICAS in
terms of a particular style, register, locale, etc. For the time being
it seems convenient to pursue development of ICAS along the lines of an Internet
locale of common English for ICAS users. AAT however does not wish
to impose a particular scheme of localization if another would be determined to
be practicable.
So AAT is also open to suggestions for specifying extensible schemes for
designating ICAS in terms of style, register, locale, etc.
2) termset localization of blockSpectrum color terms
AAT has designated the blockSpectrum 7-day daygroup termset for AAT ICAS Agave
localEnglish. The day names are designated for colors of light in the visible
spectrum, and are thus derived from terms corresponding to colors theories.
These colors are also part of a web-design color palette.
!draft-5Y14! blockSpectrum RGB color reference:
COLOR R G B
White 255 255 255
Violet 0 0 153
Blue 0 0 255
Green 0 255 0
Yellow 255 255 0
Orange 255 153 0
Red 255 255 0
Eve localizable
End localizable
!draft-5Y14! blockSpectrum CMYK color reference:
COLOR C M Y K
White 0 0 0 0
Violet 100 98 5 6
Blue 88 77 0 0
Green 63 0 100 0
Yellow 6 0 97 0
Orange 0 47 100 0
Red 0 99 100 0
Eve localizable
End localizable
The term scheme can also facilitate a practicable method for color-cueing
daygroup data that is also uniform to schemes of day-of-uniform month and to
day-of-year.
Some issues may however arise in determining names for dayname constants for
other languages (for purposes of defining ICAS term constants for
software). Although AAT has specified certain principles for structuring term
set elements (AAT ICAS Agave-1400), particular localization issues
should be determined by native language users of an ICAS language localization.
So AAT doesn't have a position on whether the ICAS term names for other
localizations need to have a unique initial letter, or whether the
reference color Violet should be named with reference to a color definition
(e.g., French 'Indigo' corresponds to English violet) or with reference to a
term cognate (e.g., French 'Violet' corresponds to English purple).
Thus both terms for light and dark purple are included in the !draft-5Y14!
localization table below:
setseq English French German Spanish Italian
01 White Blanc Weiss Blanco Bianco
02 Violet Indigo/Violet Indigoblau/Lila Azul Añil/Morado Indaco/Viola
03 Blue Bleu Blau Azul Blu
04 Green Vert Gruen Verde Verde
05 Yellow Jaune Gelb Amarillo Giallo
06 Orange Orange Orange Naranja Arancione
07 Red Rouge Rot Rojo Rosso
29 Eve Veille Vorabend Víspera Vigilia
30 End Fin Ende Fin Fine
I would be glad to post a summary of responses, or to post an update of ICAS
localization resources.
ICAS date and time (UT) as of:
--- UCN 12005Y15 blockday White ---
--- UCA 2005Y15 blockday White ---
--- IDC (UT) t004 ---
--- day of year 315 ---
--- AD 2005 November 11 Friday ---
--- SMH (UT) 00:06:40 ---
'ICAS in use' conformance per http://www.aatideas.org/now/icas.html
Best,
Ron Stone, programs manager
Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT)
aat at aatideas.org
http://www.aatideas.org
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
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